Perceptions of career development learning and work-integrated learning in Australian higher education

McIlveen, Peter and Brooks, Sally and Lichtenberg, Anna and Smith, Martin and Torjul, Peter and Tyler, Joanne
(2011)
Perceptions of career development learning and work-integrated learning in Australian higher education.
Australian Journal of Career Development, 20 (1).
pp. 32-41.
ISSN 1038-4162

Abstract

This article is a report on the perceived correspondence between of career development learning and work-integrated learning programs that were delivered by career services in Australian higher education institutions. The study entailed a questionnaire survey of representatives of university career services. The questionnaire addressed the extent to which the elements of career development learning were present in work-integrated learning programs. Results of the survey indicated convergence of the career development learning domains of self-awareness and opportunity awareness, but relatively less integration of decision-making and transition learning. The article concludes with a call for further exploration into how universities and employers view career development learning in work-integrated learning programs.

Author's version reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. This journal is available online. This article may not exactly replicate the final version published in the ACER journal. It is not a copy of the record. Final and authorised version first published in the Australian Journal of Career Development in Volume 20, Number 1, published by the Australian Council for Educational Research. Copyright 2011 Australian Council for Educational Research.